a Protestant theologian of Germany, was born at Marburg, July 28, 1743. He studied at his native place and at Gottingen, was in 1769 professor of mathematics and Oriental languages at Rinteln, and died October 6, 1797, leaving, Commentatio de Pentateucho 70 Interpretum (Marburg, 1765): — Versuch einer neuen Erklarung der 70 Wochen Daniels (1772): — Der entdeckte wahre Ursprumg der alten Bibelubersetzungen (Minden, 1775): — Annalen der Neuesten theologischen Literatur und Kirchengeschichte (1789-96, 8 volumes). See Doring, Die gelehrten Theologen Deutschlands, s.v.; Winer, Handbuch der theol. Lit. 1:9, 865. (B.P.)